"Let's Hear It for the Boy" is a song by Deniece Williams that appeared on the soundtrack to the feature film Footloose. The song was released as a single from both the soundtrack and her album of the song's same name on February 14, 1984, by Columbia Records. It was written by Tom Snow and Dean Pitchford and produced by George Duke. The song became Williams' second number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 on May 26, 1984, also topping the dance and R&B charts, and peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, behind "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" by Wham!. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song, and was certified platinum in the US and gold in Canada and the UK by the Recording Industry Association of America, Music Canada and the British Phonographic Industry, respectively. The music video was released in mid-April 1984. The song features background vocals from George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam, who would go on to form the duo Boy Meets Girl. In 2011, country singer Jana Kramer covered the song for the remake of Footloose. In 2017 the song was covered by UK hi-NRG dance artist Allan Jay in aid of the Retired Greyhound Trust and their Let's Hear It for the Boy campaign. Music video The music video for the song features Williams along with several young men, one of them being the singer Aaron Lohr as the young boy who is the first person to appear in the video. Credits and personnel Tom Snow – composition Dean Pitchford – composition Deniece Williams – lead vocals, backing vocals George Merrill – backing vocals Shannon Rubicam – backing vocals George Duke – producer, drum programming, keyboards, Memory Moog bass, Prophet synthesizer, synthesizer Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitar Paulinho Da Costa – percussion Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications See also List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1984 References 1984 singles Deniece Williams songs Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles Cashbox number-one singles RPM Top Singles number-one singles Songs from Footloose Songs written by Tom Snow Songs written by Dean Pitchford Freestyle music songs 1984 songs Columbia Records singles Dance-pop songs Post-disco songs Song recordings produced by George Duke